Yeah, I mean, sometimes I give myself the creeps. So this podcast may do something different. Or my mind may creep up on me.

Among serious gun nuts, the Punisher thing is scoffed at. It's a sign the person displaying that bullshit is borderline childish.

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed

I understand what you mean about lionizing anti-heroes. I just think that analysis is more sophisticated than the thing it’s analyzing. These displays are veiled threats of violence. Nothing more. Pretty funny too, seeing a tough guy try to scare you by flashing the symbol of his favorite comic book character.

You know there's a framed Tyler Durden quote hung up in there somewhere, too

That's been bro culture since the movie came out

You don't have to tell me, I live there. They got their ass kicked in the referendum and I've been bathing in seppie tears like Elizabeth Báthory, the blood countess of Hungary

Gangs of New York

It's Daniel Day Lewis as Bill Cutting in Gangs of New York

You somehow forgot a whole word.

"moving away from completely revolving around me as a demographic" is a bit tough, but you can sorta make everything before that work.

Rifle bags?

big black mentioned 🔥🔥🔥 rip steve albini

Dildos

Cannons?

Gender affirming fashion.

I have a wbite dude with a big beard and love guns, but am also super duper liberal. It's a weird place to be.

But they also assume I'm one of them and get to hear their unfiltered takes. They're more racist than you think.

As a guy with a big beard, good thing I wear headbands while at home 😒

But my head's cold ;_; You're wearing a hat you just grew it out of hair follicles like all the soyyoungs

😂 it actually might be

I kinda think that's why the white males are so upset. It is getting harder for everyone. They've just never had to work as hard.

I think the guy in the photo misses the point of falling living standards, assuming the caption is an accurate description of his main point. A bit stereotypical and caricaturized, maybe, but there certainly are real life people who think and act like that.

Like, they feel the pinch, and that part is real. But then they believe the BS that they're spoonfed about "this is because of those socialists trying to uplift the poor and grant rights to everyone," instead of waking up and realizing "this is because of the oligarchs dismantling welfare and social safety nets, siphoning the means of life and livelihood to the top where they jealously hoard the wealth of the nations produced by the blood, sweat, and tears of the working class from whom the surplus value of that production gets appropriated."

And guess who's telling them the lie about it being the fault of the marginalized, oppressed, and powerless? That's right, the greedy oligarchs making away with record profits while enshittifying everything we depend on, and using millions of dollars to bribe politicians into serving corporate interests instead of the interests of their constituents. Spending more money each year on union-busting than they would on paying fair wages and benefits. Spending more on political donations than they would on taxes.

I'm not saying that the people who believe those lies and act on them (or vote according to them) are in any way excusable, so don't read me wrong there.

I'm simply saying that "Yes, the point is being missed. But it's arguably okay for OP to lampoon the people missing the point the hardest."

As long as it doesn't fall into the "blaming every white male" territory, which is a toxic and counterproductive overgeneralization. Which, yes, some people in the comments have already veered towards. Which, yikes, you know. But I don't think OP is necessarily to blame for that...

This really misses the point of [thing that the post wasn't about]

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